2019 A Class - Cracking Lease deals or otherwise

[Noel1983]

A thread for us to chat through tips/tricks etc relating to the 2019 A Class that a bunch of us have coming from the various great lease deals around recently.

Mine's a A180D AMG Line in Mountain grey that arrives Fri 26th April

Already checked with local dealer and they've said that Mercedes Connect Me app can be enabled with proof of lease, carplay can be enabled for £267 (too pricey to be worthwhile given its a one year lease for me)

[NSS89]

Nice to know re the Mercedes Connect Me app as I know that was causing a bit of anger/frustration amongst us leasers.

Apple CarPlay is worth it only if you will make use of it everyday. I've seen loads of listings on eBay which offer it for around £99 but it seems to be for the gens previous to ours - hopefully they will be able to do the new gen soon and at that price it would be much more appealing.

Has anyone rang around and enquired about the first service cost?

[Noel1983]

NSS89 said:

Nice to know re the Mercedes Me app as I know that was causing a bit of anger/frustration amongst us leasers.

Apple CarPlay is worth it only if you will make use of it everyday. I've seen loads of listings on eBay which offer it for around £99 but it seems to be for the gens previous to ours - hopefully they will be able to do the new gen soon and at that price it would be much more appealing.

Has anyone rang around and enquired about the first service cost?

The me app was related to my carplay request but they seemed alright about it, who knows maybe it'll just work lol

Ref service, I'm waiting to buy a pair of trousers with more pockets so I can get £300 worth of cake and biscuits out of them when I go!!

[figtree]

Just had a call from the delivery chap, mine will be here between 9 and 11 tomorrow

[page3]

My A180 AMG-Line lease arrived beginning March.

I've bought the CarPlay upgrade and it works well. Wouldn't be without Audible, Apple Books and Apple Maps.

I added the aluminium trim, but everything else is standard. I do miss not having heated seats and front parking sensors, but am quite happy with the 7" screens which are sharp and responsive.

The petrol engine has run in well and is now quite smooth, it's easy to overtake traffic and feels far more powerful than it actually is. MPG is 45 to 55 average. Hate the 'lane assist' which is far far too aggressive. It can be turned off, but default to on each time. I have a "buzzing" sound from somewhere difficult to locate - apparently a common problem due to a loose module behind the dash/steering wheel.

The car is LOW. So a warning to take speed-humps slowly.

Re. servicing - I was quoted £350, £475, £350 (all these including loan car of £50) so ended up just getting the 3 year service plan. Don't save much but just simpler. Considered juggling for two services but doesn't quite work for me on my mileage.

Edited by page3 on Tuesday 23 April 16:16

[NSS89]

Noel1983 said:

The me app was related to my carplay request but they seemed alright about it, who knows maybe it'll just work lol

Ref service, I'm waiting to buy a pair of trousers with more pockets so I can get £300 worth of cake and biscuits out of them when I go!!

Still can't get over how expensive the servicing is!

[NSS89]

figtree said:

Just had a call from the delivery chap, mine will be here between 9 and 11 tomorrow

Be sure to post some pics :-)

[Noel1983]

page3 said:

Re. servicing - I was quoted £350, £475, £350 (all these including loan car of £50) so ended up just getting the 3 year service plan. Don't save much but just simpler. Considered juggling for two services but doesn't quite work for me on my mileage.

Edited by page3 on Tuesday 23 April 16:16

Just checking on the mercedes southwest site and looks like £282 in Exeter for my A service

[NSS89]

page3 said:

My A180 AMG-Line lease arrived beginning March.

I've bought the CarPlay upgrade and it works well. Wouldn't be without Audible, Apple Books and Apple Maps.

I added the aluminium trim, but everything else is standard. I do miss not having heated seats and front parking sensors, but am quite happy with the 7" screens which are sharp and responsive.

The petrol engine has run in well and is now quite smooth, it's easy to overtake traffic and feels far more powerful than it actually is. MPG is 45 to 55 average. Hate the 'lane assist' which is far far too aggressive. It can be turned off, but default to on each time. I have a "buzzing" sound from somewhere difficult to locate - apparently a common problem due to a loose module behind the dash/steering wheel.

The car is LOW. So a warning to take speed-humps slowly.

Re. servicing - I was quoted £350, £475, £350 (all these including loan car of £50) so ended up just getting the 3 year service plan. Don't save much but just simpler. Considered juggling for two services but doesn't quite work for me on my mileage.

Edited by page3 on Tuesday 23 April 16:16

Thanks for the mini review. I was quite surprised to see such good MPG figures from the petrol variant - I would have opted for that over the diesel if we had the option. I found it quite strange that parking sensors are not standard by a reverse camera is. The only thing I'm concerned about is the 7" screens but good to hear that you don't think negatively of them.

Again, I just can't get over the servicing cost lol if it was the AMG 35 then I'd understand...

[Noel1983]

page3 said:

My A180 AMG-Line lease arrived beginning March.

I've bought the CarPlay upgrade and it works well. Wouldn't be without Audible, Apple Books and Apple Maps.

Was that at £267? Did you get it as a factory fit option or post delivery?

[bowers]

NSS89 said:

Thanks for the mini review. I was quite surprised to see such good MPG figures from the petrol variant - I would have opted for that over the diesel if we had the option. I found it quite strange that parking sensors are not standard by a reverse camera is. The only thing I'm concerned about is the 7" screens but good to hear that you don't think negatively of them.

Again, I just can't get over the servicing cost lol if it was the AMG 35 then I'd understand...

I have an A180D (old shape) 2015. I had 3 years free servicing, my 4th year without the free service Mercedes wanted to charge me over £600 for a service (if I included the brake pads and discs it would be approaching £1k). I ended up going to an independent. Service pack is worth getting to avoid potential ridiculous service costs

Edited by bowers on Tuesday 23 April 18:04

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Noel1983 said:

page3 said:

My A180 AMG-Line lease arrived beginning March.

I've bought the CarPlay upgrade and it works well. Wouldn't be without Audible, Apple Books and Apple Maps.

Was that at £267? Did you get it as a factory fit option or post delivery?

Yes £267 (!). Post delivery as a software update - took less than 5 minutes.

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Noel1983 said:

page3 said:

Re. servicing - I was quoted £350, £475, £350 (all these including loan car of £50) so ended up just getting the 3 year service plan. Don't save much but just simpler. Considered juggling for two services but doesn't quite work for me on my mileage.

Edited by page3 on Tuesday 23 April 16:16

Just checking on the mercedes southwest site and looks like £282 in Exeter for my A service

Mine was for Beaconsfield which at least is on the way (ish) to work. Also I included the £50 fee for a loan car which is included with a service plan. Useful for me, although obviously not for everyone. I does seem expensive, especially as annually or 15,500 miles. Used to VAG long life at 18,000 or two years!

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Got this on a long journey last week, with a car full of luggage, my son and wife. You’ll note I was “making good progress”

[Hothatch1977]

Got a A250 amp line on cheap lease coming in July, can’t wait....
Shame no car play, lived without it before so will see!

Reference the serving is it 15,500 miles or 1 year whichever comes first?
Will try and do first service bit late....as only 2 year lease.

Not driven one hope it’s got some go, coming from Cupra 300

[figtree]

Happy days, had a good play

My first lease car, does the V5 stay with the lease company?

[Noel1983]

Nice!!

Yes v5 stays with them

Out of interest what’s the reason for people blurring number plate when they post? Just curious
Cheers

[figtree]

Noel1983 said:

Nice!!

Yes v5 stays with them

Out of interest what’s the reason for people blurring number plate when they post? Just curious
Cheers

Cheers, thought so.

Plate cloning.

[Noel1983]

figtree said:

Cheers, thought so.

Plate cloning.

Cheers, have you tried the mercedes app yet? Interested to know if that works ok or if we have to go into the dealer to get activated with proof of lease.

[NSS89]

Noel1983 said:

Cheers, have you tried the mercedes app yet? Interested to know if that works ok or if we have to go into the dealer to get activated with proof of lease.

My father received his yesterday and set up the app with no problems at all. The app is very limited in its usage though and disappointing to find that the useful services are charged at an additional cost.

Vehicle tracking
Locking/Unlocking
Live traffic info
Sat nav map updates

In my opinion these should all be included already! I think they are around £30+ each per year.